297 promises tracked in the Lok Sabha General Election 2024
We will strengthen our traditional means including Yoga and Meditation, and also enhance the scope and coverage of mental health initiatives like Manas and Manodarpan.
We will strengthen the efforts being made to increase the training capacity for paramedics, technicians, pharmacists and nurses.
We will encourage and extend support to Bharatiya vaccine manufacturers and biopharma companies in various capacities to boost production and distribution and aim to reduce our timeline for vaccine manufacturing.
We will intensify existing efforts to ensure elimination of TB, Leprosy, Lymphatic Filariasis, Measles and Rubella, Trachoma, and Kala Azar by facilitating timely testing and access to medicines.
We will launch an Emergency And Trauma Care Mission to provide immediate and effective care to trauma patients.
We will expand the Jan Aushadhi Kendra network to provide high-quality low-cost medicines to citizens across the country.
We will further strengthen the Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and upgrade district hospitals and other secondary healthcare centres by expanding the full functionality of all packages for comprehensive healthcare.
We are already upgrading secondary and primary health care under PM-ABHIM (PM-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission). We will further expand PM-ABHIM for robust health care.
Through the increased number of AIIMS and various medical colleges, we will increase the number of UG and PG seats in medical education.
We have established 15 AIIMS in the past decade to provide affordable and quality healthcare for all. We will strengthen our network of AIIMS to provide quality healthcare across the country.
We will strengthen Bharat’s position as the ‘Pharmacy of the World’ by boosting the manufacturing and research capacities of the pharmaceutical sector, especially APIs. We will expand Research Linked Incentive schemes, encouraging companies to invest in research for new drugs, chemical entities and new biological entities.
We will facilitate Yoga and Ayurveda Institutes in all the major countries for providing certified courses. We will also establish a globally recognised certification mechanism for Yoga and Ayurveda.
We will work towards elimination of malnutrition amongst tribal children and to provide comprehensive health care and services in mission mode in tribal areas. We will work towards eliminating sickle cell anaemia.
We will organise regular Ayush camps to provide holistic healthcare solutions rooted in Ayurveda, Yoga and other traditional practices to promote active living and vitality of elders.
We have provided high quality healthcare services to the middle class families by expanding the AIIMS and Ayushman Arogya Mandir network. We have provided subsidised medicines through Jan Aushadhi Kendras and also established 315 new medical colleges across the country. We will continue to expand these services for our middle class families to ensure accessible high quality healthcare services.
The Congress party will enact the Right to Healthcare Act, making it a legal right for every Indian citizen to receive quality healthcare. The Act will mandate free diagnostics, medicines, and treatment at public health facilities, and regulate costs at private hospitals through standardised rate cards.
We will expand Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to cover all families in need, providing free secondary and tertiary healthcare of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The scheme shall be extended to cover middle-class families and senior citizens above 70 years of age.
